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Camden County College Civic Leadership Award 2010 Presented to Jim Florio

04/24/10

  Camden County College’s Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility presented its 2010 Civic Leadership Award to James J. Florio, who has spent his life serving the people of New Jersey – most notably as the Garden State’s 49th governor following multiple terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
  While in Congress, Florio authored the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act and shaped legislation to establish the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve. As governor, he established the Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund, created the Governor’s Commission on Quality Education in New Jersey, enacted the nation’s toughest laws on semiautomatic assault weapons and reduced auto-insurance premiums.
  Since leaving elected office, Florio has chaired the New Jersey Pinelands Commission and served as an instructor at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He also is founding partner and counsel of the Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader law firm.
  All of the service that Florio has completed epitomizes the highest ideals of CCC’s Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility.

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